Baron-Cohen, Simon
“cognitive empathy is the ability to put yourself into someone else’s shoes and to imagine their thoughts and feelings. It is the recognition element.”
Baron-Cohen, Simon. Zero Degrees of Empathy (excerpt).
https://www.definingempathy.com/cognitiveaffectiveconcern-model/cognitive-empathy/quotes
Bryant, P. T.
“In particular, contemporary psychologists investigate cognitive empathy, defined as reading the thoughts and reasons of others (Liljenfors & Lundh, 2015).”
Bryant, P. T. “Cognitive Empathy.” The Psychology of Cognitive Empathy (2021).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353685713_Cognitive_Empathy
Chang, Shou-An A.
'Cognitive empathy allows individuals to recognize and infer how others think and feel in social situations and provides a foundation for the formation and maintenance of mutually constructive relationships. "
“This ability, often referred to as cognitive empathy, helps individuals predict and interpret others' behaviors, develop meaningful social relationships, communicate effectively, and engage in appropriate moral reasoning.”
Chang, Shou-An A., et al. “Cognitive Empathy Deficits in Antisocial Individuals: A Review of Subtypes and Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 12 (2021): 677975.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.677975/full
Cherry, Kendra
“Cognitive empathy involves being able to understand another person's mental state and what they might be thinking in response to the situation.”
Cherry, Kendra. “What Is Empathy?” Verywell Mind.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-empathy-2795562
Clarke, Jodi
“Cognitive Empathy — Taking another person's perspective; Imagining what it's like in another person's shoes; Understanding someone's feelings.”
Clarke, Jodi. “Cognitive Empathy vs. Emotional Empathy.” Verywell Mind (summary/guide).
https://www.verywellmind.com/cognitive-and-emotional-empathy-4582389
Cox, Christine L.
“...affective empathy (AE) as the ability to share the emotional experiences of others… while cognitive empathy (CE) denotes the ability to take the mental perspective of others, allowing one to make inferences about their mental or emotional states.”
Cox, Christine L., et al. “The balance between feeling and knowing: affective and cognitive empathy are reflected in the brain's intrinsic functional dynamics.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5 (2011).
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3427869/
Davis, Mark H.
“Both of these measures are implicitly based on a ‘cognitive’ definition of empathy — empathy as the ability to interpret and understand the experiences and feelings of others.” (discussing cognitive empathy / perspective-taking)
Davis, Mark H. “A Multidimensional Approach to Individual Differences in Empathy.” JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology 10 (1980).
https://www.uv.es/~friasnav/Davis_1980.pdf
Decety, Jean
“With cognitive empathy, the individual is thought to use perspective-taking processes to imagine or project into the place of the other in order to understand what she/he is feeling.”
Decety, Jean. “The Neurodevelopment of Empathy in Humans.” Frontiers in Neuroscience (review).
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4294163/
Fiveable (organization/author)
“Cognitive empathy is the ability to understand another person's perspective, thoughts, and feelings without necessarily sharing or experiencing those emotions oneself.”
Fiveable. “Cognitive empathy – (Social Psychology) – Vocab, Definition, Explanations.” Fiveable.
https://fiveable.me/key-terms/social-psychology/cognitive-empathy
Goleman, Daniel
“That natural curiosity about other people’s reality, technically speaking, signifies ‘cognitive empathy,’ the ability to see the world through others’ eyes. Cognitive empathy is mind-to-mind…”
Goleman, Daniel. “Empathy 101.” LinkedIn (post).
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130929085735-117825785-empathy-101/
Greater Good Science Center (UC Berkeley)
“‘**Cognitive empathy,’ sometimes called ‘perspective taking,’ refers to our ability to identify and understand other people's emotions.”
Greater Good Science Center. “Empathy Definition | What Is Empathy.” Greater Good, UC Berkeley.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/empathy/definition
Hodges, Sara D., and Michael W. Myers
“Cognitive empathy refers to the extent to which we perceive or have evidence that we have successfully guessed someone else’s thoughts and feelings.”
Hodges, Sara D., and Michael W. Myers. “The Psychology of Emotional and Cognitive Empathy.” Lesley University / summary article.
https://lesley.edu/article/the-psychology-of-emotional-and-cognitive-empathy
Krznaric, Roman
“Empathy is the art of stepping imaginatively into the shoes of another person, understanding their feelings and perspectives…” (framing cognitive/perspective-taking element of empathy)
Krznaric, Roman. Empathy: Why It Matters, and How to Get It.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17218039-empathy
Martingano, Alison Jane (with Deshpande & Schwarz)
“Generally, cognitive empathy involves understanding others’ thoughts and feelings without necessarily reacting emotionally, whereas emotional empathy involves experiencing emotions in response to others’ experiences.”
Martingano, Alison Jane, Gitanjali Deshpande, and Norbert Schwarz. “How Cognitive and Emotional Empathy Relate to Rational Thinking: Empirical Evidence and Meta-Analysis.” The Journal of Social Psychology 162, no. 1 (2022).
(Article summary/pdf via psychology outlets)
https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/2023-05/How%20cognitive%20and%20emotional%20empathy%20relate%20to%20rational%20thinking%20empirical%20evidence%20and%20meta%20analysis.pdf
Perry, Bruce D.
“Empathy is the ability to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes—both in an emotional sense… but also in a cognitive sense, to see the situation from their perspective.”
Perry, Bruce D., and Oprah Winfrey. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Flatiron Books, 2021.
https://www.nichequotes.com/cognitive-empathy-quotes
Perry, Elizabeth
“Cognitive empathy, also known as empathic accuracy or perspective-taking, is a type of empathy that allows you to rationally understand another person's thoughts, feelings, and perspective.”
Perry, Elizabeth. “Cognitive Empathy: Learn to Be a Better Leader and Coworker.” BetterUp Blog.
https://www.betterup.com/blog/cognitive-empathy
Phillips, Kaitlin Ugolik
“These two terms eventually morphed into the two that are most commonly accepted today: cognitive empathy (understanding another person’s mental state) and affective empathy…”
Phillips, Kaitlin Ugolik. The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World. (summary/quote).
https://www.nichequotes.com/cognitive-empathy-quotes
Preston, Stephanie D., & Frans B. M. de Waal
“With cognitive empathy, the subject is thought to use perspective-taking processes to imagine or project into the place of the object.”
Preston, Stephanie D., and Frans B. M. de Waal. (quoted/concept in reviews of empathy research).
https://www.definingempathy.com/cognitiveaffectiveconcern-model/cognitive-empathy/quotes
Reniers, Renate L. E. P., Ahmad Abu-Akel, & Ana Seara-Cardoso
“Empathy is now commonly characterized as consisting of cognitive and affective components. Cognitive empathy is defined as the ability to construct a working model of the emotional states of others…”
Reniers, Renate L. E. P., Ahmad Abu-Akel, and Ana Seara-Cardoso. “Editorial: Cognitive Empathy and Perspective Taking.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 13 (2022).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9201905/
Shamay-Tsoory, S. G.
“The term cognitive empathy describes empathy as a cognitive role-taking ability, or the capacity to engage in the cognitive process of adopting another's psychological point of view.”
Shamay-Tsoory, S. G. (review on empathy neuroscience). Frontiers / neuroscience reviews and chapters.
https://www.definingempathy.com/cognitiveaffectiveconcern-model/cognitive-empathy/quotes